Suspenders.



S. DRBUL. SUSPENDERS. APPUCATION men ocr. 10. m1.

Patented 12, 1918.

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STEVEN DRBUL, OF CHICAGD, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDERS.

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Application filed Gcteber 10. 1917.

1 b all w/zom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .Srnvnn DnnUL, a citizen of he United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful I1nprovemcnts in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to suspenders and has for its object to provide novel and in'lproved means for attaching the same to the garment, this being accomplished witl out the use of buttons, and also to construct such attaching means so that the suspenders can be readily adjusted as to length.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are details in perspective.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a suspender tab carried by the shoulder strap, a fragment of which is shown at 6. The tab 5 carries a device for attachment to the garment to be supported, such attachment being had without the use of a button. The attaching device also serves to permit longitudinal adjustment of the tab so that the suspenders may be lengthened or shortened to suit persons of different heights. As shown in the drawing, the device is composed of two separably connected members, one of which is connected to the tab 5, and the other has means for attachment to the garment. The first mentioned member is a sheet metal plate which is bent into sleeve-like form as shown at 7 and has barbs or spurs 8 inside the sleeve, said barbs or spurs being directed upward. At the bottom of the sleeve, and spaced slightly therefrom, is a cross bar 9 carrying a headed stud 10. The other member is a clasp 11 of conventional design having its body formed at the top with a closed loop 12 for separable connection with the stud 10. Inside the loop 12 is located a bowed spring 13 positioned to engage the shank of the stud 10 to prevent accidental separation of the loop from the stud. The upper end of Specification of Letters Patent.

displacement as it Patented Mar. 12,1918.

Serial No. 195,748.

the loop is contracted to fit tne shank of the stud, and the remainder of the loop is enlarged to acconnnodate the head of the stud. The parts are connected by placing the enlarged portion of the loop over the stud, and then drawing the loop down so that its contracted portion seats the shank of the stud, the head of the stud preventing lateral cannot pass through the contracted portion of the loop.

The sleeve member 7 is connected to the tab 5 in the following manner:

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the lower end of the tab is doubled on itself or looped, and at the bottom, the two sides of; the doubled portion are brought together and folded inward, as shown at 14:. The sleeve 7 is placed between the doubled portion of the tab, and the folded part 14 is inserted thereinto, so that it may be engaged by the barbs 8. The tab can be connected to the sleeve in this manner by opening up the latter, and in a similar manner the sleeve can be removed from the tab. As the barbs point upward, the tab can be shortened by drawing the fold 14 inward, but the barbs effectually prevent the tab from being lengthened, and this cannot be done except v first opening up the sleeve 7 and then disengaging the barbs 8.

The device is simple and inexpensive, and it provides a convenient means for adjusting the suspenders and attaching the same to the garment.

I claim 1. In a garment supporter, a tab folded on itself to produce a loop and having its bottom portion brought together and folded inward between the opposite side portions of the loop, a sleeve mounted in the looped portion of the tab, the aforesaid inward fold extending into the sleeve, barbs on the sleeve and adapted to engage the tab, and a clasp carried by the sleeve.

In a garment supporter, a tab folded on itself to produce a loop and having its bottom portion brought together and folded inward between the opposite side portions of the loop, a sleeve mounted in the looped portion of the tab, the aforesaid inward fold extending into the sleeve, barbs on the inside of the sleeve and adapted to engage the inward fold seating therein, and a clamp carried by the sleeve.

3. In a garment supporter, a tab folded on itself to produce a loop and having its 1 a g F COPY 1,259,085

bottom portion brought together and folded bottom portion brought together and folded inward betweenthe opposite side portions inward between the opposite side portions of the loop, a sleeve mounted in the looped of the loop, a sleeve mounted in the looped ortion of the tab, the aforesaid inward portion of the tab, the aforesaid inward 15 i 1 5 r'old extending into the sleeve, barbs on the fold extendmg into the sleeve, barbs on the sleeve and adapted to engage the tab, said sleeve and adapted to engage the tab, a cross barbspointing- "in one direction to prevent bar 'carried by the sleeve and spaced from movement of the tab in the opposite direothe bottom thereof, and a clasp carried by tion, and a clasp carried by the sleeve. the cross bar. 20

10 4. In a garment supporter, a tab folded In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature. on-itselt to produce ,axloop andhaving-its STEVEN DRBUL.

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